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To Emma Darwin   [5 April 1840]

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An amusing description of his railway journey to Shrewsbury.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [5 Apr 1840]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-564

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From Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de and Jessie Sismondi to Emma Darwin   1 July 1840

Summary

Sismondi’s appreciation of CD’s Journal of researches.

Author:  Jean-Charles Léonard de Sismondi; Jessie Allen; Jessie de Sismondi
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  1 July 1840
Classmark:  DAR 177: 175
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-574

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To G. N. Smith   [c. 15 August 1840]

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Questions GNS on remains found in caves on Caldy Island. [CD’s pencilled queries sent via Frances Allen].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Gilbert Nicholas Smith
Date:  [c. 15 Aug 1840]
Classmark:  Tenby Museum
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-576

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  • Wedgwood , who was asked to send a note with the questions to G.  N. Smith. As the letter from Frances Allen to G.  N. Smith, 19 August [1840] , explains, she thought it better to send the letter itself to Smith. Elizabeth had built a school on Caldy Island and presumably knew Smith personally ( Emma Darwin ( …